Re: [talk-au] Fwd: license change map

2010-11-22 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:18:07 + Richard Fairhurst wrote: > [off-list] > > > I have been labelled a 'troll' which I am not, and > > been the subject of personal abuse by SteveC. > > Hang about. I'm not SteveC and I wouldn't necessarily class him as > among "the guys who are doing stuff" tha

Re: [talk-au] CT / ODbL approval by changeset.

2010-11-22 Thread David Groom
- Original Message - From: "Richard Weait" To: "David Groom" Cc: "talk-au" Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [talk-au] CT / ODbL approval by changeset. On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 11:34 AM, David Groom wrote: - Original Message - From: "Richard Weait" Th

Re: [talk-au] license change map

2010-11-22 Thread Grant Slater
On 22 November 2010 20:13, Ben Kelley wrote: > > If we get an agreeable licence for the main sources of "non-survey" data > (I'm including at least Nearmap and the Bureau of Statistics data in that - > what about Yahoo?) then this becomes a little more manageable. > Easiest first. Yahoo aerial im

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: license change map

2010-11-22 Thread Grant Slater
On 22 November 2010 20:02, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > > I find this quite offensive. Because I have discussed things and asked > questions, while indicating that I do not agree, I have been treated > extremely rudely on other OSM mailing lists, in particular by persons > in 'high places'. I have been

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: license change map

2010-11-22 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > I don't agree with ODBL. I don't think that it is right that those > providing manipulated data eg data ready for a navigation app > (Navit, Garmin format) should have to provide access to a planet > dump of OSM as well. They don't have to. ODbL 4.6b: "You must also off

Re: [talk-au] license change map

2010-11-22 Thread Ben Kelley
Hi. I'm not sure this would work in practice. As others have said, it would be very difficult (effectively impossible) to know which of the many edits I have made in the last 3 years relied on data where the author doesn't now agree to the contributor terms. It would be similarly difficult for fut

Re: [talk-au] CT / ODbL approval by changeset.

2010-11-22 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:58:21 -0500 Richard Weait wrote: > Glad to have your support on this. I guess you don't comprehend Australian idiom. I didn't read support in the reply at all, noting some sarcasm. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetma

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: license change map

2010-11-22 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:59:13 -0800 (PST) Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Because when you engage with the guys who are > doing stuff, make suggestions, talk to them in a friendly manner, the > result is better for everyone. That applies as much to licence > discussions as it does to OSM software or w

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: license change map

2010-11-22 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:50:09 +1100 Steve Bennett wrote: > But I also > haven't yet seen any reasons, other than sheer bloody mindedness, why > a person who was happy to contribute under a CC-BY-SA licence would be > unhappy to do so under ODbL, assuming they were able to do so. I don't agree wi

Re: [talk-au] CT / ODbL approval by changeset.

2010-11-22 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 11:34 AM, David Groom wrote: >> - Original Message - From: "Richard Weait" >> The intent is to allow those with concerns about some of their data to >> mark it, and accept the terms for the data they are confident in. >> >> One imagined implementation would provid

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: license change map

2010-11-22 Thread Richard Fairhurst
David Murn wrote: > the problem is that the powers-that-be dont seem to want to > address the problematic terms and simply tell people the > decisions have already been made, and to cease discussion. > Hardly the way to run an open community project. I realise the phrase "assume good faith" i

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: license change map

2010-11-22 Thread David Groom
- Original Message - From: "Richard Weait" To: "David Murn" Cc: "talk-au" Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 12:45 PM Subject: Re: [talk-au] Fwd: license change map On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 7:34 AM, David Murn wrote: On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 22:50 +1100, Steve Bennett wrote: But I also

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: license change map

2010-11-22 Thread David Groom
- Original Message - From: "Richard Weait" To: "David Murn" Cc: "talk-au" Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 12:45 PM Subject: Re: [talk-au] Fwd: license change map On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 7:34 AM, David Murn wrote: On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 22:50 +1100, Steve Bennett wrote: But I al

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: license change map

2010-11-22 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 7:34 AM, David Murn wrote: > On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 22:50 +1100, Steve Bennett wrote: > >> But I also haven't yet seen any reasons, other than sheer bloody mindedness, >> why >> a person who was happy to contribute under a CC-BY-SA licence would be >> unhappy to do so under

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: license change map

2010-11-22 Thread David Murn
On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 22:50 +1100, Steve Bennett wrote: > But I also haven't yet seen any reasons, other than sheer bloody mindedness, > why > a person who was happy to contribute under a CC-BY-SA licence would be > unhappy to do so under ODbL, assuming they were able to do so. The problem occur

Re: [talk-au] license change map

2010-11-22 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 6:18 AM, Ben Kelley wrote: > I think I'm in a similar situation. Some of my work is derived (e.g. > Nearmap). Therefore I can't agree to the CT as they stand. Dear Ben, On License Working Group calls recently, we've discussed a method for contributors to mark their chang

Re: [talk-au] license change map

2010-11-22 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 11:18 PM, David Murn wrote: > On Sun, 2010-11-21 at 15:13 +1100, Alex (Maxious) Sadleir wrote: >> I would think the better solution is to have the attribution simplified >> like Google Maps does. eg. Google Maps for canberra says "Copyright >> PSMA, MapQuest" etc. Dear Ale

Re: [talk-au] license change map

2010-11-22 Thread Steve Bennett
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Ben Kelley wrote: > OK worst case: Suppose that (and similar) data got deleted. Suppose there are > enough people prepared to trust OSM afterwards to re-map the parts that can > be remapped. > > What happens in the 2-3 years it takes to get back the "surveyable"

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: license change map

2010-11-22 Thread Steve Bennett
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 6:11 PM, David Murn wrote: > Thats fine for data that is sourced from NearMap.  What about other data > sources, such as imports and the like?  Having said that, if the CTs are > accepted by one group, Im sure theyll be accepted by most, as it seems > that everyone has the

Re: [talk-au] license change map

2010-11-22 Thread Ben Kelley
I think I'm in a similar situation. Some of my work is derived (e.g. Nearmap). Therefore I can't agree to the CT as they stand. OK worst case: Suppose that (and similar) data got deleted. Suppose there are enough people prepared to trust OSM afterwards to re-map the parts that can be remapped.